Before the 20th congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) starts on Oct.16, a purge of “naked officials” occurred to prevent the cadres from leaving China. Experts say this maneuver indicates that the officials have no confidence in the prospects of the ruling regime.
“Naked officials” are officials within the Communist Party system who have sent their families and large sums of money from corruption to another country. The term signifies that they have stripped themselves of practically everything and can thus leave China at a moments notice and keep the embezzled money should the CCP fall.
Wang Dawei, former vice governor of Liaoning Province and former head of the Department of Public Security is one of the top officials caught in this round of investigations. In a Sept. 29 notice on the Discipline Inspection Commission’s website, Wang was named as guilty of corruption and called a “naked official” who used a fake marriage to conceal his identity in order to maintain power….